Arcade Fire turn the classic Disney tune “Baby Mine” into a swooning indie-rock gem for Tim Burton’s upcoming live-action remake of Dumbo, out March 29th. Peppering the tender lullaby with an array of orchestral flourishes, Arcade Fire find a new kind of tenderness in a song that’s been recorded by …
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Conservative right-wing activist and chairman of the American Conservative Union, Matt Schlapp, appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night and did what all of President Trump’s apologists do: compromise away all of the president’s bad behavior because he kept promises that conservatives hold dear. Schlapp is an experienced …
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Like her American soulmate and former collaborator Prince, Kate Bush generated cartloads of top-flight recordings during her hypercreative peak years that, for whatever reasons, didn’t make it onto albums. This set finally bundles the evidence: 34 tracks, including some of the avant-pop auteur’s most gorgeous, extravagant, intimate, and bonkers material …
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The Stray Cats announced their first album in 26 years, 40, and detailed a summer world tour. The long-running rockabilly trio — singer-guitarist Brian Setzer, bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom — previewed the LP with new song “Cat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me),” a trademark blast …
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We’ve barely placed our order at a hot chicken restaurant in East Nashville and Sarah Potenza has already made an impression on the woman behind the register. “You just look so confident,” the cashier says, glancing at Potenza’s current outfit which includes, but is not limited to, giant orange lighting …
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Shovels & Rope have released two new tracks from their forthcoming album By Blood, with “Mississippi Nuthin’” and “Carry Me Home” available for streaming. Beginning with some floor-tom-pounding drums before abruptly jumping to briskly strummed acoustic guitar, the urgent “Mississippi Nuthin’” imagines a pair of acquaintances who have seen their …
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The Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds announced a North American summer tour. AFI will open all 16 dates on the trek, which launches August 8th in Camden, New Jersey and wraps August 31st in Mountain View, California. Tickets for nearly all shows (the Los Angeles show has …
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Fox News and the Trump White House: a seamlessly integrated human centipede. Want proof? Look no further than the fact that Bill Shine, current White House communications director and the former president of Fox News, collects checks from both shops. (Shine, who resigned from Fox after the network was rocked …
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UPDATE:2 Chainz has released new album,Rap or Go to the League. Stream it below. *** 2 Chainz has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming album, Rap or Go to the League. The set – for which Lebron James served as A&R via the rapper’s label Def Jam – will …
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Back in 2010, the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song recognized the brilliance of Paul McCartney. What better way to honor the Cute One from one of the greatest boy bands of all time than by having the then-reigning biggest boy band of that era show up to …
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